ALTADENA – Four autistic men who wandered away from a group in Eaton Canyon, north of Altadena, were found safe after a five-hour search, authorities said.

A group of autistic patients from the One Step Ahead care facility for dependent adults in Pasadena was taking a bi-monthly lunch excursion to Eaton Canyon when the four men became separated and lost, Sgt. Debra Herman of the sheriff’s Crescenta Valley Station said.

Officials scoured the area on foot, in vehicles, on horseback and in helicopters for five hours before locating the four men, who were in their 30s, unharmed, Herman said.

“All were fine and didn’t require medical attention,” she said.

As a result of the incident, the care facility will be revisiting its policies, Herman said.